You could look at it this way, 20 people with a gps guided bomb or drone vs 300 or so if hit by conventional weapons. That is if you want to use such a calculation.
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would disagree Dana. If we can send in a drone to do a job rather than > putting our troops in harm's way, I am all for it. I just would like to see > more measures to prevent collateral damage. Killing innocent people is > never the answer. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 7:08 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Rand Paul filibustering Brennan nomination for CIA > > > There is something viscerally wrong with sending a drone after someone. > Anywhere, in my opinion. However, if the administration's positon is that > this is just fine even in the United States where most people say the > Constitution precludes this, then I am even more agaist this notion of > theirs. It is wrong. Plain wrong. > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> As far as we know, the President did not revoke anyone's citizenship >> before drone attacks, so there is that. >> >> Furthermore, Holder wouldn't even explicitly rule out drone attacks in >> the US, even in cases that didn't rise to the level of imminent threat. >> >> I agree that the Patriot Act and use of force need to be revisited >> (and >> eviscerated) but I'm not going to give Obama a pass on this one. >> >> Judah >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions >> < [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > I like that it is a talking filibuster, not the crappy silent >> filibuster >> > > that Republicans have been using to obstruct every single thing >> > > that >> the >> > > Senate does. I think that Paul is making some good points and I'm >> > > glad >> to >> > > see that one of my Senators, Ron Wyden (a Democrat mind you) is >> > > joining >> > him >> > > in the filibuster. >> > > >> > >> > >> > I think it's dumb. Let Rand Paul talk till he's blue in the face. >> Congress >> > passed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force >> > (AUMF).<http://news.findlaw.com/wp/docs/terrorism/sjres23.es.html> >> > The Act authorized the president to use all "necessary and appropriate > force" >> > against al-Qaeda and its associated forces. >> > >> > This would include Drone Killing. The president could just revoke >> > the citizenship of someone before killing them as well. >> > >> > Under Section 349(a) of the Immigration and Nationality >> > Act<http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/8/1481.html>, >> > a citizen of the United States may be stripped of his citizenship >> > when he intends to relinquish United States nationality, and commits >> > any act of treason, or bears arms against, the United States. >> > >> > Fix your own laws Mr Paul... >> > >> > >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361799 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
